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Apple is officially removing support for its Aperture image editing software in the next version of macOS. Technically, development on Aperture officially ended in 2014 when it was replaced with Apple Photos and removed from the App Store, but the program remained usable.

You might already be familiar with the quick fixes you can apply to your pictures after you've snapped them, right on your phone — but if you want to take your mobile photo editing to the next level there are tools and apps that can help here too. Here are six advanced tricks to try and how to apply them.

If you want to tweak your Twitter avatar or Facebook pic, but avoid all the well-trod Instagram filters, try tossing your photo into Duotone Effect Generator. With this simple photo editor you can convert your photo into two colours of your choice, or presets like Spotify, Fire Engine, or Gryffindor.

Whether you're sharing photos on Instagram or working on an art project, the quality of the final image matters. Even if you don't have something like Photoshop installed, you can get your pictures looking their best with the help of some free, simple-to-use web apps - and we've picked out seven of the best for your needs right here.

If you're a casual Photoshop user, you probably know how to find the cropping tool and have a vague idea of what the lasso function does. But what about all those other mysterious looking icons? As it turns out, they all have something meaningful to contribute to the editing process and can vastly improve the appearance of your photos. This handy pictorial explains what every major tool on the taskbar does -- from the clone stamp to the colour selection tool.

A portrait is often defined with a little depth of field of effect that makes the person in focus really pop. Most smartphones can't produce this effect, but How-To Geek shows off a way to use a single Photoshop effect to create the same look.

Instagram is a fun place to share candid photos about your daily life, but many people opt for intentional compositions and care when crafting a photo. Here are a few photo styling tips to elevate your images.

Chromatic aberration is the unwanted distortion of colours that you sometimes notice on the edges of your photos. It happens because colours of light have different wavelengths, which means your camera lens refracts them slightly differently. Here's a quick fix to compensate in Photoshop.

Mac: Pixelmator gets a handful of new features today, most notably finally adding in support for tabs. That comes alongside support for the new Touch Bar on MacBook Pros and a pretty nifty new smart refine selection tool.

Sometimes it takes more than simple colour correction to make a good photo into a great photo. If you have a scenic picture that could use just a little more warmth to make it pop, try adding some extra light in Photoshop with "light bleeding".

The first time you picked up Photoshop, I'm sure you made some criminally bad decisions with filters and effects. We all did. It's the natural result of learning via trial and error. But have you completely excised your novice Photoshop habits? Here are ten you definitely shouldn't be doing.

Sharpening a photo digitally can be a helpful way to bring out the textures in a soft image, but sharpening too much can create an annoying 'ghost' effect around hard lines. Here's a better way to do it in Photoshop without overemphasising the hard edges.

Windows: A Sharper Scaling is a single-purpose app that increases the size of an image while preserving an impressive amount of detail. Compared to conventional image upscaling methods, A Sharper Scaling almost pulls off a magic trick.

Compared to other editing techniques, HDR imaging displays a greater range of luminance levels true to what the human eye can see. So, if you really want to get the most out of your photos, you need HDR editing software, namely HDR Projects 4 Professional.